Efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone for the treatment of macular edema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion in eyes with or without grid laser photocoagulation

Retina

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 465-472

  Cakir, Mehmet ^a,b   Dogan, Mustafa ^a   Bayraktar, Zerrin ^a   Bayraktar, Sukru ^a   Acar, Nur ^a   Altan, Tugrul ^a   Kapran, Ziya ^a   Yilmaz, Omer F ^a  

^a Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Bahcesehir 2kisim Mahallesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Branch retinal vein occlusion; Grid laser photocoagulation; Intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide; Macular edema

Indexed keywords

TOBRAMYCIN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 40449116718     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e318154b9d1     Document Type: Article

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